DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,158

STEWART APPAREL, INC.
GREENSBORO, GEORGIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 14, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Stewart Apparel, Inc., Greensboro, Georgia. The workers at the
subject firm produced uniform pants.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased from 2001 to 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of uniform pants.
The survey revealed respondents increased their imports of uniform
pants, while decreasing their purchases from the subject firm
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with uniform pants produced at Stewart
Apparel, Inc., Greensboro, Georgia contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales
or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Stewart Apparel, Inc., Greensboro, Georgia who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 6, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of March, 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance